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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Manny to think he had shot and killed Pedi when the rifle had accidentally gone off in his hands?
(a) She did not make a sound.
(b) She screamed.
(c) She fainted.
(d) She fell onto the floor.

2. How did Manny's father lose his job as a translator for the city?
(a) He drank beer during lunch and came back to work slurring his words.
(b) He was laid off due to governmental cutbacks.
(c) He quit because of unfair pay.
(d) He called in sick too many times.

3. What example from her own life did Rebecca cite when she told Magda not to ruin her life like she had?
(a) That she had married a man she did not love.
(b) That she had not attended college.
(c) That she had gotten pregnant at 16.
(d) That she had quit school.

4. What special talent did Nardo's grandmother claim that he had?
(a) A sixth sense for seeing trouble coming.
(b) An ability to use any ingredients to make a superb meal.
(c) A knack for getting people to like him.
(d) A marvelous work ethic.

5. What did Manuel use to hit Manny and Nardo at the wake to stop them from wrestling each other?
(a) His belt.
(b) A plate.
(c) A wooden spoon.
(d) His shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Magda threaten to do if Rebecca did not stop meddling in her life?

2. Why did Grandma Rosa stare at the stool Nardo brought for her to sit on before she sat down on it?

3. What plants did NOT grow in Grandma Rosa's yard?

4. What did Manny say was the true reason Rebecca had gone to Sophie's to get her hair done?

5. When the foreman assigned a chili pepper row to Manny and Nardo, why had it not been chosen by anyone else?

(see the answer key)

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